Chicago parking by block · Lake View · Ward 46

Parking at 850 W Irving Park Rd

Chicago sets parking rules by the block, so this covers 800–899 W Irving Park Rd. Everything here is from City records — 106,891 parking tickets written across 108 blocks within a 10-minute walk, 2023–2025.

When is this block cleaned?
Thursday, October 8
9am–2pm. A missed one is $60.
Do I need a permit?
No
Not in a residential permit zone.
Cameras nearby?
1
1142 W Irving Park Rd (8 min walk)

Every 2026 street-cleaning day on this block

Ward 46, section 7. The restriction runs 9am–2pm on each of these; a missed one is $60 and it doubles if it goes unpaid.

Apr
15
Wed
Apr
16
Thu
May
15
Fri
May
18
Mon
Jun
15
Mon
Jun
16
Tue
Jul
15
Wed
Jul
16
Thu
Aug
12
Wed
Aug
13
Thu
Sep
8
Tue
Sep
9
Wed
Oct
8
Thu
Oct
9
Fri
Nov
6
Fri
Nov
9
Mon

Streets to watch near 850 W Irving Park Rd

street cleaning is the thing to watch around here: 4200 N Broadway alone took 1,405 tickets in three years, a 7 min walk away.

Street cleaning24,677 tickets
Move the car on cleaning days — the restriction runs 9am to 2pm.
Permit zones11,082 tickets
Permit zone. You need a zone sticker or a day pass, whatever the hour.
Plate checks5,067 tickets
Plates get checked here. Keep your registration and both plates current.
Posted restrictions11,840 tickets
Rush-hour restrictions. Read the sign before you leave it at 4pm.
Metered blocks54,127 tickets
Metered. Pay the full time you will actually be gone, and set an alarm.

Cameras within a 10-minute walk

  • 1142 W Irving Park Rd — speed camera, 8 min walk W

How to not get any of these

  • A text the night before every cleaning day on this block.
  • A spoken warning before you reach any of the 1 cameras nearby.
  • Your city sticker and plates bought on time — a missed sticker is $200.
  • The tickets you still get contested by mail, where 59% are dismissed.
The average ticketed Chicago driver pays $319 a year in fines and late fees. Autopilot is $99/year.
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Ticket counts are parking citations issued 2023–2025 from City of Chicago records obtained under the Illinois Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140), placed to the 100-block. Speed and red-light citations are counted separately. Street-cleaning dates are the City’s published 2026 season for ward 46, section 7. Schedules change — always follow the posted signs.